Statement hould be corrected. "laptop Hp Pa vilion is not supporting ubuntu"...or any other linux flavour as it is specially made for Windows.. It is my personal experience.
If u try to install any flavor of linux it will create problem with hardware of HP. On Dec 16, 2:17 pm, Arulalan T <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > I have problem with ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 in laptop Hp Pavilion dv2700. > > for past three days, I am installing, re-installing, re-installing . . . > > On Tuesday I have installed ubunuu 10.10 with dual boot. > > After installed it, it was working properly. > > the next day, I can not see the login screen. Its always showing the ubuntu > logo only. > > In recovery mode, it says "setting fstab". > > My fstab has no problem. > > Also I was run the fsck /dev/... [all] > > On wednesday again I reinstalled with ubuntu 10.04. > > / on /dev/sda7 , /home on /dev/sda6 and swap on /dev/sda5 with 'ext4' type. > > It was working perfectly on that day fully. I mounted USB drive, CD-ROM. > > But today when I switch on the system, I got the same problem like , > 'setting fstab'. > > I cant login in tty1 and all. i.e. I cant login in anyway. > > I was run fsck from live cd and checked the fstab many times. it has no > problem/error. > > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0xb759f9a0 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sda2 13 7649 61336576 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 7650 19458 94849025 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 10139 10637 3998720 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda6 10637 19458 70849536 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 7650 10139 19998720 83 Linux > > Partition table entries are not in disk order > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ > > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda7 > fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 > e2fsck 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010) > /dev/sda7: clean, 162967/1250928 files, 967671/4999680 blocks > ubu...@ubuntu:~$ > > Now again going to re-install it with 'ext3' type. > > I dont know where is the problem. > > Either hard disk failure or os cd failure. The thing is, if the os cd has > problem means, how can I do all the works after installed successfully. > > Or Laptop itself has problem ... ? > > Any suggestions ... > > -- > Regards, > Arulalan.T > > Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks !http://kanchilug.wordpress.com > > My Experiments In Linux are herehttp://tuxcoder.wordpress.com > > -- > Regards, > Arulalan.T > > Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks !http://kanchilug.wordpress.com > > My Experiments In Linux are herehttp://tuxcoder.wordpress.com -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
